Word Study · Strong's H4478 · Hebrew
מָן
man
mawn
Strong's 1890 spelling: mân
“literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
Rendered in the KJV as
manna.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- הַמָּן֙3
- מָ֑ן3
- מָ֣ן2
- הַמָּ֥ן1
- הַמָּ֖ן1
- הַמָּ֜ן1
- וְהַמָּ֕ן1
- וּמַנְךָ֙1
- מָן֙1
How it is rendered · 5
- the manna6
- manna5
- and manna your1
- and the manna1
- what?1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular6
- noun · masculine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
- question word1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 6
- HNcmsa · 5
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
- HPi · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus5 of 14 · 36%
- Numbers3 of 14 · 21%
- Deuteronomy2 of 14 · 14%
- Joshua2 of 14 · 14%
- Nehemiah1 of 14 · 7%
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Exodus5 occurrences
- Exodus 16:15מָ֣ןmanquestion wordWhen the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.here: what?
- Exodus 16:31מָ֑ןmannoun · masculine singularNow the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.here: manna
- Exodus 16:33מָ֑ןmannoun · masculine singularSo Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”here: manna
- Exodus 16:35הַמָּן֙hamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.here: the manna
- Exodus 16:35הַמָּן֙hamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.here: the manna
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 11:6הַמָּ֥ןhamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”here: the manna
- Numbers 11:7וְהַמָּ֕ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.here: and the manna
- Numbers 11:9הַמָּ֖ןhamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.here: the manna
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 8:3הַמָּן֙hamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.here: the manna
- Deuteronomy 8:16מָן֙mannoun · masculine singularHe fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.here: manna
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 5:12הַמָּ֜ןhamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.here: the manna
- Joshua 5:12מָ֑ןmannoun · masculine singularAnd the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.here: manna
Same headword in Strong's